In a painstaking process this alternate history storyline has been researched and is presented for your entertainment.
By using historical documents from the US Joint Chiefs of Staff we know exactly what the contingency plans were in the case of an expected Soviet attack in 1946.

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Book One World War Three 1946

Friday, April 30, 2010

May 16th D+14 Butchers Bill

Captain give me that list of units. Let's see what have we got so far...Damn look at those losses...at least we're not alone.

British

9th Armored Division - no contact

#16 Group - over run - no contact

86th/162 Squadron - over run - no contact

US

63rd Infantry Division - no contact

14th Armored Division - Surrendered

87th Infantry Division - no contact

11th Armored Division - no contact

12th Armored Division - Surrendered

20% or less effective and pulled off the line

British

45th Inf Div

55th (West Lancashire) Inf Div

11th Armor Div

38th (Welsh) Inf Div

US

8th Armored Div

20th Armored Div

44th Inf Div

26th Inf Div

65th Inf Div

65th Inf Div

78th Inf Div

42nd Inf Div

13th Armor Div

66th Inf Div

1321 combat aircraft destroyed on the ground. 238 missing and presumed destroyed in air to air combat.

So what this is telling me is that 15 out of our 22 divisions are toast or getting resupplied. Luckily we have plenty of supply.

Jonsey make sure that after we are supplied we destroy the rest. We don't want to leave anything for Ivan to use. Remember they have a crap load of our lend lease equipement that can use our parts and ammo. There have been rumors of crop failures in the Ukraine so burn the food too. We have to do a scorched earth policy to some extent. I can't see driving the civilians out of their homes and taking their supplies besides we don't have the time or man power to do either. I guess the Reds are going to be sitting pretty living high on the hog eating our chocolate and C rations for a few months anyway.

Our orders are to get on the other side of the Rhine. Let's move out as soon as we top everything off and make contact with the enemy. We need to keep slowing him down as much as possible yet not get over run. Let's go people move it! Watch the flanks. Remember we have limited air cover...just enough to keep them Red bastards off our backs while we bug out.